Browsing Queen's Graduate Projects by Title
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Decolonize-Ed.com: A Toolkit for Teaching Indigenous Context in Canada
(2017-12-16)I am working to create a toolkit for teachers and contribute to the body of resources that aim to strengthen the field of teacher education and inclusion of Indigenous voices, students and content. In Canada, there are ... -
Decolonizing Pedagogies: Interrupting the Settler Colonial Narrative of Landownership in Ontario Social Science and History Curriculum
(2016-09-12)Drawing upon Ontario Social Science and History curriculum documents and textbook imagery and language, this paper examines how narratives of settler landownership strategically present Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples ... -
DESIGNING A COURSE FOR PERFORMANCE ANXIETY IN EDUCATION
(2015-08-22)Presenting and performing is part of many subjects within the Ontario curriculum. Teachers, themselves, are also expected to perform with very few strategies for success. This course offers information about performance ... -
Detonation Hazard Classification Based On The Critical Orifice Plate Diameter For Detonation Propagation
(2015-09-11)Accidental explosions in the chemical, oil & gas industry are a serious problem. The ultimate objective of this thesis is to establish a new parameter/process that can be used to categorize the relative detonation explosion ... -
The Development of a Mentoring Program for a Local Public Health Agency
(2014-08-25)Mentoring programs have many advantages for the agency, mentor, and protégé. The focus of this project is a Local Public Health Agency [LPHA; pseudonym] that is experiencing the attrition of many top executives. The purpose ... -
The Development of Modern Urban Planning in Quebec between 1946-1973
(2019-09)This report will provide a contribution to the history of the Community Planning Association of Canada (CPAC) and, more specifically, its Quebec Division, and its role in the development of the planning profession and ... -
Disciplining Madness, Disciplining Yoga
(2013-09-19)This paper will examine contemporary North American yoga, specifically the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center in Toronto, using theoretical frameworks taken from the work of Michel Foucault. Drawing on his work in Discipline ... -
Educare Everywhere: Exploring Character Education
(2011-04-28)At times, today‘s society seems dominated by negativity, disasters and a perceived decrease in humanity. The problems have slowly spread into schools, with education in danger of becoming a process of churning out workers ... -
Education Children with Angelman Syndrome: Moving Beyond Social Inclusion
(2014-01-31)Angelman syndrome is a genetic disorder that causes significant disabilities. Students diagnosed with this syndrome generally present in the classroom with a lack of oral language, significant developmental delay, a uniquely ... -
Educational Technology Integration in the Full Day Kindergarten Classroom: Fostering Sustainable Change
(2015-09-30)Implementation of educational technology into Full Day Kindergarten (FDK) classrooms requires more than just the acquisition of hardware; it requires embedded professional development and training for the FDK educational ... -
THE EFFECT OF PREECLAMPSIA ON RENAL FUNCTION: CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES OF POSTPARTUM PREECLAMPTICS AND WOMEN WHO WERE DESTINED TO DEVELOP PREECLAMPSIA
(2016-09-30)Preeclampsia (PE) is a pregnancy complication that is new-onset of hypertension and proteinuria after 20 weeks of gestation. However, subclinical renal dysfunction may be apparent earlier in gestation prior to the clinical ... -
EFFECTIVE READ-ALOUD PRACTICES: DEVELOPING ELEMENTARY STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY KNOWLEDGE THROUGH EFFECTIVE CLASSROOM READ-ALOUD PRACTICES
(2012-05-28)The Ontario Ministry of Education (2003a, 2003b) mandates a daily teacher-led oral reading, known as a “read-aloud”. A read-aloud is an oral delivery of a written text that involves teacher modeled or facilitated reading ... -
Effective Teaching Strategies for Struggling Readers and Students with Learning Disabilities in Ontario: a Literature Review and Handbook
(2017-09-10)This project is comprised of two sections: a literature review and a handbook for educators. The literature review examines the role of educators for at-risk and struggling readers, how learning disabilities are diagnosed ... -
AN EFFICIENT DEMAND-SIDE LOAD SHEDDING ALGORITHM IN SMART GRID
(2013-09-23)Rapid advances in the smart grid technology are making it possible to tackle a lot of problems in the aged power systems. High-speed data acquisition system, high-voltage power electronic equipment, advanced utility and ... -
Electrokinetically Enhanced Sampling of Bacteria in Planar Quadrupolar Microelectrodes
(2014-02-26)Abstract The detection of biologically infectious agents, such as bacteria, in water is often a cumbersome process that can only be performed by trained personnel in a well-equipped laboratory and may require sufficient ... -
Embracing Technology: Assessment For, and As Learning in Grade Six Mathematics
(2015-10-01)Educational technology, although valued, is often underused within today’s classrooms. The following Master’s Project outlines the development, and pilot testing of a web-based resource for Mathematics educators who are ... -
Enhancing First Nation and Métis Involvement in Land Use Planning in Southern Ontario: The Case of Ontario's Greenbelt Plan Review
(2018-08)In light of the direction set by the 2014 Ontario Provincial Policy Statement, the historical lack of involvement of First Nations and Métis peoples in planning decisions in Ontario is a major topic of discussion from both ... -
Estimating suburban population growth: A study of the Ottawa-Gatineau CMA, 1996-2016
(2018)The purpose of this project was to determine the proportion of Ottawa-Gatineau Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) residents living in less sustainable forms of suburban development and to determine how this proportion has ... -
Etruscan Religion and Divination: Examining the Etruscan Gods and Demons, Divination and Haruspicy
(2018)The Etruscans are described by Roman and Greek sources as a people devoted to religious practices above any other. A facet of Etruscan religion is divination, a field in which they had a reputation for excellence in ancient ... -
Evaluating Ontario’s New Brownfields Regulation as a Step Toward
(2011-08-31)The purpose of this report is to evaluate Ontario’s brownfields regulation through the policy maturity model introduced by Adams et al. (2010). This is an ideal time to evaluate Ontario’s progress toward policy maturity ...